david.dakota Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Finally got my arse into gear today and set up iPlayer on the Freesat box. Quick connection by ethernet and ready to go; a few thoughts. Its clear you need at least a 1mb connection, and for that you get a reasonable picture quality. You do get the option, for faster broadband connections, for a higher quality stream and thats obviously the prefered option - of course its not HD or broadcast quality, but its certainly better than some of the less mainstream channels on Freesat/Freeview. Sound is again pretty good -no Dolby Digital, but stereo/pro-logic is fine enough. Overall, its a vast improvement over the iPlayer on both Wii and PS3. Navigation works well, but its pretty slow - probably around a couple of minutes from hitting the Red Button to actually starting to watch a programme; slightly slower than my experience on Virgin Media cable. But given we're on a 2mb ADSL connection, its expected. Should you have one of the Freesat boxes where iPlayer Beta is available, its worth looking into - more convienient than booting up a console or computer. Instructions are here. Hopefully, ITV Player, due to launch in the next few months, will offer a similar experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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